Conkers, cluster bombs and American double standards
Playing conkers is a formative experience in any self-respecting British playground. For curious foreign friends who haven’t heard of this brilliant game, it requires two conkers — nuts which...
May 6, 2015
Playing conkers is a formative experience in any self-respecting British playground. For curious foreign friends who haven’t heard of this brilliant game, it requires two conkers — nuts which...
May 6, 2015
Thousands of Ethiopian Jews live in Israel, many of them airlifted into the country secretly in two separate operations in 1984 and 1990 that helped them to escape famine...
May 6, 2015
The Israeli government has failed to reduce disparities between Jewish and non-Jewish groups, a new report from State Comptroller Yosef Shapira revealed yesterday. The report slammed the Israeli government’s...
May 6, 2015
For over three weeks Saudi aircraft rained bombs upon the impoverished country of Yemen during Operation Decisive Storm. The mission concluded officially on 21 April but as airstrikes continue...
May 6, 2015
The French judges who are re-examining the evidence surrounding the 2004 death of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat have concluded their investigations, the prosecutor’s office in the Paris suburb of...
May 6, 2015
Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane said his coalition government was able to resolve several problems by adopting reform and political dialogue. During the ninth Al-Jazeera Forum, Benkirane said: “We...
May 6, 2015
The Syrian regime is on the defensive in a way it has not been for years, former US ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford said on Monday. During an interview...
May 6, 2015
Nearly two year ago, Egypt’s grassroots movement by the name of Tamarod (rebellion) came into the spotlight when it called for popular protests on 30 June 2013 to overthrow...
May 6, 2015
The Europeans have been forging an increasingly specific policy towards the Arab-Israeli conflict, centred on the Green (1949 Armistice) Line as the provisional border between Israel and Palestine. While...
May 6, 2015
Some 6,000 children are subjected to harassment in Israel every year, State Comptroller Yosef Shapira revealed in his annual report yesterday. According to Radio Israel, the state comptroller’s report,...